7 things for ASC leaders to know for Thursday — March 10, 2016

DuPage Medical Group acquires Midwest ENT ConsultantsChicago-based DuPage Medical Group completed its acquisition of Midwest ENT Consultants. Through the acquisition, DMG will bring in eight board-certified specialists in otolaryngology, head and neck surgery as well as four physician assistants and seven audiologists.

Obama administration to rate health insurance plans by network sizeAfter facing numerous consumer complaints, the Obama administration passed new rules allowing the administration to rate health insurance plans based on their network's size. Although the rules allow payers to sell health plans with narrow provider networks, consumers will be able to see the value of the plans as the government will attach a label listing the breadth of the network for each plan HealthCare.gov sells.

Genesis Health System has 4 wrong-site surgeries in 40 daysTV-6 investigators found a letter in which Genesis Health System, which has hospitals in Iowa and Illinois, told staff members four wrong-site surgeries occurred at the health system's hospitals within 40 days. The health system attributes the errors to hospital staff failing to conduct time outs.

National Quality Forum recommends HIT patient safety goalsThe National Quality Forum wrote recommendations for organizations to establish better health IT guidelines. The recommendations touch on the following topics:

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